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Show MHp 4 I Pace 10 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. March 27.2ffiL Time running short New social workers to provide services contact us if we can help." Jenks grew up in the Basin, Melody Mi Jler and Thomaa Jcuka are now provi ding a variety of coun- seling service to Native Americana living in the a rea. Melody and Doyle were recently hired aa part of a program funded by the Department of Workforce ServiceaHrid administered by the Northeast CuunaelingCenter toincreaaeatrricca to Native Americana. "We are eaithurod about thia opportunity," a lid Thomas. "Melody and I can proride a variety of service, including substance abuse counseling, family counseling, mental health therapy, and other services. Please to get tax forms Union High. He has spent the hist 20 years working in tribal programs in Oklahoma. Miller has been workingforNorth-eas- t Counseling Center for the past three years, and the Ute Family Center for one year. She will complete her course work this spring for a Masters degree in Social Work. Jenks and Millers offices are located in the Ute Tribe gymnasium building in Fort Ducliesne, as wdll as the Northeast Counseling Center office in Roosevelt. They can be reached at 722-285- 5. expenaes uae form 8863, "Education ta Credit. The Hope Credit la for in the first two years ofcollege. The Lifetime Learning Credit applies to anylevel of education. The education credita are not available to Taxpayers whose income is more then $50,000 ($100,000) on a Joint return). Taxpayers with more than two children cannot claim the ftill $500 per child tax credit ifthe credit would exceed their tax. But thqy may qualify for the "Additional Child Tax Credit,11 and would need to complete Form 8812. The child tax credit worksheet in the instruction booklet indicates whether this additional credit may atu-den- NEWCOUNSELORS Thomas Jenks and Melody Miller are new counselors with Northeast Counseling Center. Their efforts will be directed toward providing a variety of services to Native Americans living in the area. Their positions are funded by the Department of Workforce Services. ! ALLDRESSEDUP WITH NOPLACETO GO This oil tankcrblocked traffic onhighway 40 near ALCO for about 20 minutes last T uesday, March 20. The truck stopped in (he middle of the highway after losing its air brakes. No one was inj tired in the incident. the road, Abraham said on NBCs Today. But even before calculating the fallout from the latest OPEC action, . the Energy Department said Monday that both crude-oi- l inventories andga8olineBtocksare6percentto7 percent lower that what they traditionally have been this time of year. John Cook, chief petroleum analyst for the departments Energy Information Administration, called the current inventory levels a for this summers heavy drivingseason. While stocks likely will increase somewhat, "We are beginning the driving season with very little stock cushion, Cook said in remarks prepared for an oil refiners conference s is open 24 boursaday, seven ; j days a weelc until April 16. IRS TaxFax at offers more than 100 forms and' their instructions by return fax. Users may find the order numbers in the tax instruction booklet, or may have j the system faxalist ofavailable items, j In addition to regular weekday houre,manyofIRSs 400 local offices i aie open Saturdays from 8: 30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., through April 14. Tax- -' payers mqy pick up forma or publica--1 turns, or meet with IRS asaistors. 24 hour They may call the toll-fiv- e, to find ' help line at the nearest IRS office. pf.kepw. For example, those claiming tax credita for college tuition and related cautions back country road use The Energy WASHINGTON Depertmentnu acd concerns Monday that low crudeoil and gasoline stocks could load to price spikes for motorists this sun mer. The caution came as President Bush was to receive an interim report from his energy task force on how to address short-terenergy problems including growing worries about black-outin the West this power summer. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham saidit is too early to predict tire impact ofthe decision last week by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to curtail production by 1 million barrels a day. "If you reduce supply worldwide, its going to liave some impact down 4868 for details. The IRS web site wwwirs.gov has forms and publications for downloading. The IRS forms line viced. The IRS haa forma available computer, faxor mail, aa well aa at ita local officea. Taxpayers ahould especially check to see if theyll need items that are not inthe standard tax BLM Low supply may spawn high prices at pumps Taxpayers looking for extra time to file must request it by the regular deadline. They should obtain Form With the filing deadline less than a month away, people needing tax fbwiwhnuMjrtmntn request them, the Internal Revenue Service ad- gradu-Rtingfro- m Winter has turned warm and wet over the last few weeks. And aa temperatures continue to inch upward with the coming Spring, the higher elevation snowpack will be rapidly melting. Because ofthese wet conditions, all public land users are asked to keep all motorized vehicles on designated roads and trails In order to prevent resource damage. Often the best time to drive back county roads is inthe morning hours when the soils are still frozen. Use of roads in the wanner afternoons can result in large ruts tothe road surfhee that are costly to repair. Any d activity that occurs when the soils an saturated will cauae mijor damage to the roils and vegetation. Travel as this time of the year can be hazardous, roproper emergency gear should be taken. The Bureau of Land Management requests your cooperation in the can of your public lands to avoid environmental damage. ; lie libraries alaostock some oMhe common tax forma. libraries may Irohavereprodudblefinmsfin'pho-- ' tocopying, along with a reference set of IRS tax information publicans. Irrigators asked to curtail their electricity usage . . With the current forecast for summer 2001 indicating lower than nor mal water flows and tight wholesale market for electricity, Utah Power is tittering to pay its irrigation custom- ofT-roa- in New Orleans. Gasoline prices nationwide for all brandsaverage$1.41agallon, slightly lower than in recent weeks, the Energy Department said. While the DOE earlier this month predicted prices at the pump this summer would increase modestly to about $1.49 on average, analysts said they would not rule out severe priee spikes beyond that should supply problems develop. Last year gasoline soared past $2 a gallon in some parts of the country, especially in the Midwest In a presentation to the refiners conference. Cook said gasoline stocks in the Gulf Coast area are nearly 13 percent below the normal five-yeaverage and 9 percent lower than at this time last year. "For crude oil the situation is not much better, said Cook. Nationwide, he said, crude stocks are 7 percent below the low end of the normal range for this time of year. While the impact oTOPECs lat--. est production cuts is not expected to show up in the UB. market for six to eight weeks, it is likely to aggravate stock supplies even more, analysts said. . ers to curtail their use during the 2001 irrigation season. The program, being filed today with the Utah Public Service Commission, would pay Utah formers who volunteer totake their pumps offline in the coining season. Theoffering is imilar to one filed at the end of , ar Februaxy for Idaho customers. Uponapproval, the program would be available to Utah irrigation customers currently on Schedule No. 10 with pumps 15 kilowatts ofdemand or greater. Customer would need to sign on by May 1, and agree to have their pumps disconnected throughout the 2001 irrigation season, concluding Sept. 30. Customer would also have to certify that they will not offoet electrical usage through other Utah Power metering connections such aa parallel pumping plant sysrs tems with ccommon main lines. could, however, pursue other alternative energy sources. Serioua questions about energy supply across the West have created needfor innovative means ef managing demand for electricity. Utah Power Is working to keep customers . Pua-tome- . 'Taking a few simple precau- tions can help protect against Insect bitea. ; ! informed ofthe issue and help them find ways to conserve power, in addition to expediting new generation. "Were working with othersinthe regkm to solve the supply shortfall, aid Doug Larson, acting vice president of regulation. "In the mean- -' time, we face an unusually dry summer witb especially tight supply and are pursuing a number of wsys to minimise the impact while seeing our customers. For some ofour irrigation customers, this new program will offer another option for the coming season. Payment for the electricity will be based on the average amount of energy (kWh) used by the customer during the previous five yearn. Fori' customers with less than five veers use on the specific meters, a calculation will me bade based on the avail- -' able average historical usage of that meter. Utah Power will compensate participating customers monthly at 10 cents per kWh. The company is requesting the ; UPSC to make a dec&ion by April 6. Customers who are interested in find-ing out more about the filing can contact Utah Power's irrigation line toll free at 7 aun. to Chicken soup found to keep heart healthy r unuiami may nave oeen ngnt about the benefits of chicken soup, researchers in Singapore say. A study by the National Unfrer-it-y of Singapore found that chicken extract, a concentrated form of I chicken soup, can help keep the heart ' healthy. Researchers fed rats bred to de-velop high-bloo-d pressure withacom-roereialty bottled chicken extract The rats had a 40- - 50 percent reduction in hedrt swelling and a 60 mt decrease in he thickening of J 1 vessels over e year compand f ! with the control group, pharmacolo-- ' . : woonsaid. Sim believes a tein called peptide, found in human blood and produced by most tissues, is the key to how clncken extracts keep the heart and blood vessels healthy. 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